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we've dropped again, four years in a row, and now six different nations top the united states in the world economic forum's list of the most competitive economies. dagen: and this will go over well, in greece, calls to increase the workweek there to six days. say it ain't so. connell: say it ain't so. a lot to talk about today. at the top of the hour, before we talk about anything else, let's do stocks now as we do every 15 minutes with nicole petallides. disney today, all-time high. nicole: we have a long-term chart of disney to take a look at here. when you look at it year to date, up over 30%. hitting all-time high of 51.13. recently we found that between april and june, disneyland resort drew the most visitors than it ever had before in the same period. of course you think of disneyland, you think of disney resorts, you think of also media and film. films like the avengers for example. disney certainly has recent success and that is evident here in the stock up 2 1/2%. the major market averages the dow right now is up about 8 1/2 points. back above the 13,000 mark. we're watching
we've dropped again, four years in a row, and now six different nations top the united states in the world economic forum's list of the most competitive economies. dagen: and this will go over well, in greece, calls to increase the workweek there to six days. say it ain't so. connell: say it ain't so. a lot to talk about today. at the top of the hour, before we talk about anything else, let's do stocks now as we do every 15 minutes with nicole petallides. disney today, all-time high. nicole: we...
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the united states is working hard to put more ships in the region. they will continue to do so over the next 6 or 7 years. connell and dagen? connell: adam, thank you very much. dagen: we head to the middle east, concerns rising there and again forcing foreign policy into the spotlight in this year's presidential election. connell: and the judge is coming in. we will see what he thinks about secretary of state clinton's, her comments, that the rich around the world don't do enough, higher taxes, the judge. let's take a look at some winners today so far on the s&p 500. >> announcer: meet tom, a proud dad whose online friends all "like" the photos he's posting. oscar likes tom's photos, but he loves the access to tom's personal information. oscar's an identity thief who used tom's personal info to buy new teeth and a new car, and stuck tom with the $57,000 bill. [tires squeal] now meet carl who works from the coffee shop and uses the free wi-fi. marie works from there too. she's an identity thief who used a small device to grab his wi-fi signal, then s
the united states is working hard to put more ships in the region. they will continue to do so over the next 6 or 7 years. connell and dagen? connell: adam, thank you very much. dagen: we head to the middle east, concerns rising there and again forcing foreign policy into the spotlight in this year's presidential election. connell: and the judge is coming in. we will see what he thinks about secretary of state clinton's, her comments, that the rich around the world don't do enough, higher...
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the united states has the highest u.s. corporate tax rate. presidential candidates are tackling these taxes with different plans. scott joins me now with what he thinks of old candidate. i want to start with the issue of this 35%. each candidate says, in theory, they will bring it down. obama wants 28% and romney wants 25%'s. >> i have to give the edge to mr. romney. he also wants to change the structure of our international tax system which would make the u.s. companies more competitive in the global economy and, i think, make the u.s. economy more competitive overall. cheryl: i mentioned competitive as i was talking to you. we are now number seven. what does that say to you? >> i think we are flipping in a lot of areas. the corporate tax really is one of the areas that we have to fix. we have a nieman marcus tax system. they are making themselves more competitive in high tax countries like united states. we need to fix the structure of our system. nicole here should be to make the economies more global. cheryl: i want to show our viewers so
the united states has the highest u.s. corporate tax rate. presidential candidates are tackling these taxes with different plans. scott joins me now with what he thinks of old candidate. i want to start with the issue of this 35%. each candidate says, in theory, they will bring it down. obama wants 28% and romney wants 25%'s. >> i have to give the edge to mr. romney. he also wants to change the structure of our international tax system which would make the u.s. companies more competitive...
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across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit...
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a tepid recovery in the united states. "more fiscal union to try to control the country's budget and spending and deficits over there. in the meantime, she says they must support euro zone countries including with financing and bailout programs for the economies should be flexible. here in the u.s., current uncertainty over the fiscal cliff presents a serious threat for the united states. we hope that political clarity emerges soon and with it actions to avoid the fiscal cliff. dennis: thank you, peter. cheryl: the comments that we are just getting from christine lagarde. she made some very interesting remarks. let's bring in ashley webster for more information on this. she made things very clear. markets today -- ashley: there is concern about greece again. christine lagarde also saying, look, you have to get your act together and soon. earlier today a video was released that time is now for action. do not let your guard down. let's listen. >> i see a tendency of losing the sense of urgency. short-term policies and long t
a tepid recovery in the united states. "more fiscal union to try to control the country's budget and spending and deficits over there. in the meantime, she says they must support euro zone countries including with financing and bailout programs for the economies should be flexible. here in the u.s., current uncertainty over the fiscal cliff presents a serious threat for the united states. we hope that political clarity emerges soon and with it actions to avoid the fiscal cliff. dennis:...
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we are seeing chinese travelers, and even this year, abroad in markets, europe or the united states, and so there's tremendous amount of appetite in china, and also, begin the rise in wealth, the absolute population, there's very few resort locations in most of asia. we're seeing a tremendous growth in demand, whether it's china, bali, coast of thailand, and here as well. >> well, the united states is still the number one market. how do you feel about the domestic u.s. economy? and the stock, itself, over the last year, your stock up 35%. do you feel you can keep the growth going for shareholders? >> yeah, so first of all, in terms of u.s. market, here's what's going on. the u.s. economy, clearly, in a slow recovery, relative to the depth of the recession that we all went through in 2009. on the other hand, for more than a decade now, unlike other forms of commercial real estate, the hotel market has not been built out. it's been built out actually below trend line over the time period. although we look at 8% plus unemployment in the u.s., we're looking at occupancies that feel more
we are seeing chinese travelers, and even this year, abroad in markets, europe or the united states, and so there's tremendous amount of appetite in china, and also, begin the rise in wealth, the absolute population, there's very few resort locations in most of asia. we're seeing a tremendous growth in demand, whether it's china, bali, coast of thailand, and here as well. >> well, the united states is still the number one market. how do you feel about the domestic u.s. economy? and the...
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states more competitive. connell: we talk about that a lot. the first part, i think it is pretty interesting especially from you. bill clinton argued nobody could have fooled us out of this economic mess in four years and included himself. it sounds like you think we could have been pull out of it but not in a way that some of argued. some argued we need a completely different prescription altogether. you say we needed more money spent than was spent. >> we needed more targeting of what was spent. health care was important but that should have been the second priority. first priority should have been no different than when roosevelt took office. the economy, stupid. you have to put people back to work and he has not done a good enough job and he has to get the best and brightest together and come up for the real dialogue. this is what i'm going to do. not just sweeping generalities or romney and ryan are retrograde to what failed in the first place. team needs a positive agenda for america. connell: let me as
states more competitive. connell: we talk about that a lot. the first part, i think it is pretty interesting especially from you. bill clinton argued nobody could have fooled us out of this economic mess in four years and included himself. it sounds like you think we could have been pull out of it but not in a way that some of argued. some argued we need a completely different prescription altogether. you say we needed more money spent than was spent. >> we needed more targeting of what...